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Advancing your Nursing Career

If you want to advance your career without having to take a complete advanced degree, or if you just need one or two courses to meet the requirements of another degree program, an online nursing degree may be what you need. Online nursing courses typically last five to six weeks and are meant to be taken entirely online.

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Following is a sample listing of the types of courses a nursing student might take online:

  • Advanced Nursing Management: Communities
  • Advanced Nursing Theory
  • Clinical Integration: Nursing Management of Families
  • Clinical Integration: Partnerships in Community Practice
  • Concepts of Family Nursing Theory
  • Contemporary Issues and Health Policy
  • Curriculum Development and Program Design
  • Dimensions of Community Nursing Practice
  • Dynamics of Nursing Administration
  • Health and Disease Management
  • Health Assessment
  • Introduction to Professional Nursing
  • Issues and Strategies in Nursing Research Utilization
  • Models of Health Behavior
  • Nursing Leadership and Management in Health Care
  • Research Methods
  • Theoretical Foundations of Practice
  • Theoretical Foundations of Professional Nursing

For more detailed information on course descriptions, you will want to request information from the schools you are interested in. The school will then be able to provide you with a catalogue and detailed course outlines related to the curriculum you will follow.

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School Spotlight

University of Phoenix

Rapid changes in the business, regulation and technology of health care require a higher level from all health care professionals. The University of Phoenix offers the following Online Nursing Degree Programs for RNs:

South University

South University's Online Nursing Education Programs are designed to help you make the most of your potential. All of the following programs are offered exclusively online to work with your lifestyle:

Kaplan University

The Legal Nurse Consulting Certificate Program at Kaplan University allows RNs to take their nursing backgrounds and enhance them by adding marketable legal skills.

This Online Certificate Program can be completed in 12 months. Graduates go on to work in law firms, health care organizations, insurance companies, corporate departments or in independent legal nurse consulting practices.